2nd Special Edition Instructional Web Sites
Multi-cultural Education Website
Submitted to:
Tom Sanville
Executive Director, OhioLINK
Suite 300
2455 North Star Road
Columbus, OH 43221
614-728-3600, Ext.321
tom@ohiolink.edu
Prepared by:
Ronald G. Helms, Ph.D., College of Education and Human Services
374 Millett Hall O 937-775-4472 H 937-433-2611
FAX 937-775-4855
rhelms@discover.wright.edu
Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435
http://www.ed.wright.edu/cehs/helms/rhelms.htm
Colleen Finegan, Ph.D., College of Education and Human Services
376 Millett Hall O 937-775-4582 H 513- 779-9994
FAX 937-775-4855
cfinegan@wright.edu
Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435
http://www.ed.wright.edu/cehs/stoll/stoll.htm
February 20, 1998
Grant Elements:
Envisioned Instructional Web Site:
Topic: Multi-cultural Education
The authors would invite reviewers to visit our websites at http://www.ed.wright.edu/cehs/helms/rhelms.htm
and at http://www.ed.wright.edu/cehs/stoll/stoll.htm. These sites
have been posted for several years and are regularly maintained .
Courses in which the Diversity Website would be used as a resource:
1. The curriculum matter covered must be designed to be of value to faculty across a variety of OhioLINK Institutions. Many Teacher Education Universities require a course in multiculturalism or in diversity. In addition, several liberal arts courses would find this webpage to offer unique resources. The proposed site would provide for collaborative learning, independent study, active learning, distance learning, and would solicit multi-institutional faculty contribution.
These specific courses taught at WSU (left column) are generic to all Colleges of Education across Ohio.
WSU Course Titles /_______________________
how the proposed web site would be used:
Ed 214/301/602: Introduction to Education:
Ede 230/745: Foundations of Early Childhood Education:
The demographics of public education is becoming more
diverse, therefore pre-service teachers need greater
exposure to multi-cultural information.
Ed 216/710: Education in a multi-cultural pluralistic society
Ede 735: Anti-Bias Curriculum in the Early Childhood Classroom
Pre-service / inservice teachers will explore resources
on Gender, Age, Race/ Ethnicity, Religion and Sexual
Preference.
Students review case studies on the general topic of diversity
in the elementary and secondary classroom.
Professors contacted professors at other universities
(National and International) and matched students
in teacher preparation to interact electronically to
explore educational issues.
Students can use SIRS Researcher to locate full text of
articles on social and global issues.
Ed 417/617 Elementary School Social Studies: Curriculum and
Materials
Ed 439/639 Secondary School Social Studies: Curriculum and
Materials
Ed 448/648 Improvement on Social Studies Instruction
Ed 608 Elementary School Social Studies: Curriculum and
Materials
• A portion of all social studies courses involve
relating subject matter to teaching in a diverse environment.
Pre-service and inservice teachers in these courses
are given assignments to locate web sites which
may be used as resources in their respective classrooms.
Undergraduate and graduate students will design Resource Units
and Lesson Plans using diversity sources available from the World
Wide Web.
• Students will locate web sites which provide opportunities
for correspondence with national and international
webpals.
• Research papers and report on aspects of diversity,
in which students access ERIC documents, and other
on-line resources are also required.
• Pre-service / inservice teachers are corresponding
through e-mail with teachers from a local university
sharing ideas and information.
• Professors at two or more universities could jointly
assign collaborative learning projects.
2. Ohio/Link Library
Professors who construct their own web pages to enhance their courses
are able to easily conduct distance learning experiences. Both author
have used their web sites in distance learning environments. The
authors of this grant have collaborated with Wright State University librarians
for years. Of course, the authors would request additional collaboration
with Wright State University librarians for the implementation of this
grant.
During the 1996 -- 1997 academic years, the authors worked with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for two grants. The first grant enabled the authors and a Centerville High School Librarian to participate in the Ernest L. Boyer Educational Technology Summit in Pittsburgh. The authors then participated in the CPB Next Step Grant which provided for collaboration with Wright State University librarians and the Centerville City School Library and English Department. The Boyer grant may be viewed at http://www.ed.wright.edu/cehs/helms/rhelms.htm(see grants section). Also the Centerville Library webpage may be viewed at http://www.ed.wright.edu/cehs/helms/rhelms.htm(see exemplars section.
Given our record of collaboration with the Wright State University librarians, the authors would certainly maintain this relationship. Our proposed diversity webpage would include all of the elements of the existing Ohio/Link web pages including notice of funding by Ohio Link Small Grant Project, e.mail function, teaching tools, technology tools, web technology tools, Ohio Link, and Diversity hypertext and hyper links.
3. Copyright
No exclusive copyright claims will be made.
4. Maintenance of Web site
The authors have a good deal of experience in designing and maintaining
web sites. We were selected to present our web pages at the World
Conference on Education and Multimedia and Hypermedia and on Educational
Telecommunications by the Association
for the Advancement of Computing in Education in Calgary, Alberta in
June, 1997. We have been recently selected to present our web pages
at the International Computers and Technology Conference in Cancun,
Mexico, in May, 1998. In addition, we have presented web technology
at several other international, national, state, and regional conferences.
Our vitas are available upon request.
We certainly envision an interactive site which will be of great benefit to OhioLINK users.
5. Faculty
Helms’ primary responsibilities are in Social Studies Education and
in teaching Diversity courses at Wright State Universities Professional
Development Schools. Finegan is acting director of Early Childhood
Education at Wright state University. Finegan also teaches several
diversity courses. Helms and Finegan have conducted numerous professional
technology presentations. Helms and Finegan are interacting via the
internet and the WWW with colleagues throughout the state, nation, and
the world.
6. Operational
The authors will have this site posted on the OhioLINK server by September,
1998.
Timeline:
Summer, 1998
Site map, Page design
September, 1998
Post page on OhioLINK server
Update links. Establish interaction.
January, 1999
Final posting of web page design
Future
This webpage may be maintained on the OhioLINK server and/or the Wright
State University server for several years.
Budget:
1. Indirect Costs $1000.00
(Leon will justify)
2. Graduate Assistant Supplemental Salary $500.00
G.A will work at direction of P.I. on web page design
3. Student Web Page assistants $1000.00
Student Assistants will work at direction of P.I. on web page maintenance
4. Conference Presentation Travel for P.I./CO.I. $2500.00
To Do:
Conference with Leon Tetras -- Wright State University Research &
Sponsored Projects
Conference with Victoria Montavon -- Wright State University Libraries
Helms’ Vita
Letter from Dean
Letter from Victoria Montavon